#A4AE39#A4AE39

#A4AE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.139 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AE39
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -18.76, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 59.32, 108.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0566 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.139 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1852, 38.4606, 9.6509)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AE39 #4339AE

analogous

#AE7D39 #A4AE39 #6AAE39

triadic

#A4AE39 #39A4AE #AE39A4

tetradic

#A4AE39 #39AE7D #4339AE #AE396A

square

#A4AE39 #39AE7D #4339AE #AE396A

split-complementary

#A4AE39 #396AAE #7D39AE

monochromatic

#4D521B #79802A #A4AE39 #C0C95B #D2D889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A4AE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#A4AE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AE39

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AE39	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.139 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c676',
    500: '#a4ae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ae39;
$custom-light: #c2c676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.128,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72078,
    "c": 0.13869,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AE39

secondary

#8680C3

accent

#4EDA5A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AE39

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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